Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] ndiswrapper: Documentation Problem ... sev2 defect =)

[Dominique R. <do...@le...>]

Le Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 04:24:13PM -0600, Lee Harris [ldh...@gm...]=
 a =E9crit:
> NDISWRAPPER TEAM,
>=20
> I have been an avid Linux user and developer for many years.  I really
> have no other way to put it other than bluntly, but it seems
> absolutely lazy that you wouldn't include the installation
> instructions in your README file found in the NDISWRAPPER package.
> Having a README file that says to see our website for installation
> instructions regarding a WIRELESS NETWORK CARD ADAPTER seems as if
> were a joke in itself.  Would something like that be "kosher" in
> Windows?  Would an end-user go and buy a Wireless NIC and a driver CD
> only to find that the CD says "SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR INSTALLATION
> INSTRUCTIONS."

Why don't you ask your manufacturer that you want a driver for Linux
from him ?

> I was left without Internet connectivity because I had no other way to
> access the net, although I had your ndiswrapper package and the
> necessary driver from Linksys (burned to a CD).

So, you had, once, internet access to download and burn this CD didn't
you ?
You also probably found the same way that your card needed ndiswrapper
to run on Linux.
So, you could as well have read ndiswrapper's website about how to
install it, no ?

> I realize maintaining readme's and package distrubution methods are
> difficult and time consuming, but telling your end-users to get on the
> Web for installation instructions is very counterproductive -
> especially if the driver is specifically FOR connecting to the
> internet.

As far as I know, wireless ethernet is a mean to use wirelessely a
network.  Using this network to access the internet is one of the
possible uses, not the only one.

> Is it possible that you remedy this in your next package releases?

I think the developers would certainly integrate your contributions on
this point.



Dominique